linux-kernel - Re: cond_resched() and RCU CPU stall warnings

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Date:	Tue, 18 Mar 2014 09:51:18 +0100
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	mingo@...e.hu, josh@...htriplett.org, laijs@...fujitsu.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: cond_resched() and RCU CPU stall warnings

On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 07:17:06PM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 06:14:34PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 09:58:07AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > > @@ -4111,6 +4115,7 @@ int __sched __cond_resched_softirq(void)
> > >  {
> > >  	BUG_ON(!in_softirq());
> > >  
> > > +	rcu_cond_resched();
> > 
> > Don't you have to enable BHs before doing that? And if not; that needs a
> > comment for sure! :-)
> 
> No need to enable BHs, just RCU marking quiescent states.  But yes,
> the name does look a bit scary in that context, doesn't it?  Added
> a comment, please see below for updated patch.

The below seemed like an unrelated patch entirely :-)

> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> torture: Better summary diagnostics for build failures
> 
> The reaction of kvm-recheck.sh is obscure at best, and easy to miss
> completely.  This commit therefore prints "BUG: Build failed" in the
> summary at the end of a run.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
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